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9...a5 and the Fatigue of Preparation: How a DVD Sold a Sideline as an Antidote2026-10-19The title read “The hour of the seconds” — seconds meaning the assistants who...
Behind the Chessboard, a DVD: Tsaghkadzor's School Camp and the Quiet Commerce of the King's Indian Defense2026-10-04Seven in the evening, Penang. I was on the balcony chair, flipping through an...
What Fear Costs: The Advertising of 'System' Openings and Its Quiet Ledger in the Chess Education Market2026-10-01In September 2026 the FIDE World Cup was running in Tbilisi. A 128-player...
The 'Hidden Highlight' That Shows No Moves: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Chess Content Market2026-09-29Last week a ChessBase promotion landed in my feed under the headline “Hidden...
A Samarkand Headline, a ChessBase #225 Table of Contents: The Ledger of Paid Annotation2026-09-26The headline said Samarkand — Round 8, women's section, China leading 15/16....
Two Ledgers, One Table: The Numbers That Still Don't Add Up at the European Club CupOn the night of 20 October 2026, two numbers sat side by side in my spreadshe...
In the Shadow of the Scotch: A Club Cup Where the Scoresheet Is Blank and the Headline Is FullIt is two in the morning in Khulna. Outside the window the city has gone quie...
A NATO Medal, a Najdorf Lesson: The Story That Wasn't Under Vahap Sanal's Headline1. 1:40 a.m. in Penang — a headline, and a crosstable that wasn't there Rain...
9...a5 and the Fatigue of Preparation: How a DVD Sold a Sideline as an AntidoteThe title read “The hour of the seconds” — seconds meaning the assistants who...
Dortmund in the Headline, a Scandinavian Video Inside: Auditing a Listing's ArithmeticI stopped while writing the date on the right-hand page of the ledger. The...
Liang Beat Niemann, and a Magazine Got Sold: The Business Template Behind a Chess HeadlineThe first line of chess news is usually true; the second line is usually a sh...
An Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: The 2504 Ledger and the Pipeline QuestionIn the Olympiad hall in Samarkand, the board-one chair belongs to an...
3.Bc4, Seven Games and a 2504: What Is Missing from Bodhana's LedgerSix points from seven rounds. Board one. Eleven years old. England's women's...
Behind the Chessboard, a DVD: Tsaghkadzor's School Camp and the Quiet Commerce of the King's Indian DefenseSeven in the evening, Penang. I was on the balcony chair, flipping through an...
The Headline Says FIDE Ratings 2026; the Body Sells a Scotch DefenseLast week a club-level player sent me a link. The headline read “FIDE Ratings...
What Fear Costs: The Advertising of 'System' Openings and Its Quiet Ledger in the Chess Education MarketIn September 2026 the FIDE World Cup was running in Tbilisi. A 128-player...
The 'Hidden Highlight' That Shows No Moves: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Chess Content MarketLast week a ChessBase promotion landed in my feed under the headline “Hidden...
5.e5!: The Pawn Pushes, the Knight Loses Its Square — Auditing a Club-Level WeaponIt is two in the morning in a bedroom in Mymensingh. The last light in the...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and a Ledger of Data TruthA file landed in my inbox last week. The headline said: “Samarkand, Round 8...
In the Shadow of the Scotch: A Club Cup Where the Scoresheet Is Blank and the Headline Is FullIt is two in the morning in Khulna. Outside the window the city has gone quie...
A NATO Medal, a Najdorf Lesson: The Story That Wasn't Under Vahap Sanal's Headline1. 1:40 a.m. in Penang — a headline, and a crosstable that wasn't there Rain...
9...a5 and the Fatigue of Preparation: How a DVD Sold a Sideline as an AntidoteThe title read “The hour of the seconds” — seconds meaning the assistants who...
Dortmund in the Headline, a Scandinavian Video Inside: Auditing a Listing's ArithmeticI stopped while writing the date on the right-hand page of the ledger. The...
Liang Beat Niemann, and a Magazine Got Sold: The Business Template Behind a Chess HeadlineThe first line of chess news is usually true; the second line is usually a sh...
An Eleven-Year-Old on Board One: The 2504 Ledger and the Pipeline QuestionIn the Olympiad hall in Samarkand, the board-one chair belongs to an...
3.Bc4, Seven Games and a 2504: What Is Missing from Bodhana's LedgerSix points from seven rounds. Board one. Eleven years old. England's women's...
Behind the Chessboard, a DVD: Tsaghkadzor's School Camp and the Quiet Commerce of the King's Indian DefenseSeven in the evening, Penang. I was on the balcony chair, flipping through an...
The Headline Says FIDE Ratings 2026; the Body Sells a Scotch DefenseLast week a club-level player sent me a link. The headline read “FIDE Ratings...
What Fear Costs: The Advertising of 'System' Openings and Its Quiet Ledger in the Chess Education MarketIn September 2026 the FIDE World Cup was running in Tbilisi. A 128-player...
The 'Hidden Highlight' That Shows No Moves: ChessBase Magazine #225 and the Chess Content MarketLast week a ChessBase promotion landed in my feed under the headline “Hidden...
5.e5!: The Pawn Pushes, the Knight Loses Its Square — Auditing a Club-Level WeaponIt is two in the morning in a bedroom in Mymensingh. The last light in the...
Samarkand in the Headline, Prague Inside: ChessBase Magazine #225 and a Ledger of Data TruthA file landed in my inbox last week. The headline said: “Samarkand, Round 8...